This year, 120 Tennesseans have lost their lives while walking or bicycling. That’s the highest number in the past two decades, according to a report from Nashville Public Radio (WPLN). In 1984, 145 Tennesseans lost their lives while walking or bicycling.
Pedestrians and cyclists are especially vulnerable where a bus stop is not accompanied by a safe crosswalk, where there are narrow road shoulders, and when drivers make right turns on red lights.